- Rensselaer
Rensselaer, a surname, may refer to:
Places
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , a university in Troy, New York
*Rensselaer County, New York
*Rensselaer, Indiana
*Rensselaer, Missouri
*Rensselaer, New York
*Rensselaer Falls, New York , farther north than the other Rensselaers in New YorkPeople
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Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1585-1643), Dutch founder of the only successful patroonship in the New Netherland colony, Rensselaerwyck
*Jeremias Van Rensselaer (1632-1674), son of Kiliaen
*Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), a United States Representative and New York politician (father of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen).
*Killian Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), a lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York (cousin to Jeremiah, uncle of Solomon, great-great-grandson of Kiliaen)
*Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839), founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a U.S. Representative from New York (great-great-great-grandson of Kiliaen)
*Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), a U.S. Representative from New York and lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812 (son of Jeremiah, nephew of Killian)
*Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851), a U.S. Representative from New York (half-brother of Stephen Van Rensselaer III)
*Henry Van Rensselaer (1810-1864), a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and a U.S. Representative from the state of New York (son of Stephen)
*Van Rensselaer Richmond (b. 1812), NYS Engineer and Surveyor 1858-1861 and 1868-1871
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